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The Pastor And Religious Education, Paul Koenig May 1937

The Pastor And Religious Education, Paul Koenig

Concordia Theological Monthly

God’s Word is by no means silent on the subject of religious or Christian education. The pages of that Holy Book abound in references to one of the greatest tasks of the Church of Jesus Christ and her members. Not only did the Lord of the Church in His Great Commission make it incumbent on His disciples to "teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"; not only has He given the means for the teaching, viz., His holy Word; not only has He set forth aims of such teaching efforts in unmistakable terms; but He has …


The Pastor And The Pastoral Cure Of Souls, H. F. Wind Apr 1937

The Pastor And The Pastoral Cure Of Souls, H. F. Wind

Concordia Theological Monthly

As the pastor of today surveys the scene presented by life In twentieth-century America, the setting in which he must practise his profession, he cannot but be impressed by the increasing magnitude of the task set for him. This task is indeed many-sided. It includes the functions of the public ministry, the preaching of the Word and the public administration of the Sacraments; it includes the teaching functions of the ministry in the educational activities of the Church; it includes administrative tasks as executive head of a rather complex organization; it includes missionary activities and frequently service in synodical offices; …


The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling Jan 1937

The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling

Bachelor of Divinity

During his three years at the seminary the theological student is taught the qualifications and requirements of a Lutheran pastor, and he is informed of the tremendous responsibilities and the exacting demands which a call into the ministry will lay upon him when he has become a pastor of a congregation. But the seminary training is not able to convert the student into a full-fledged pastor. Only long years of hard study and practical experience and divine grace can equip a man successfully and completely for this greatest and hardest calling and work in this world. Unless the ministerial candidate, …


Testifying The Gospel Of The Grace Of God, T. Engelder Jan 1936

Testifying The Gospel Of The Grace Of God, T. Engelder

Concordia Theological Monthly

Whenever St. Paul had occasion to speak of his work in the Christian ministry, his thoughts dwelt on one subject: "The Gospel of the grace of God." At a conference at Miletus he characterized his ministry thus : "None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God," Acts 20, 24. On the present occasion we cannot, and we would not, speak on any other subject. Let …


May God Preserve Unto Us A Pious Ministry!, L. Fuerbringer Jan 1935

May God Preserve Unto Us A Pious Ministry!, L. Fuerbringer

Concordia Theological Monthly

The following address was delivered at the meeting of the Presidents of Synod, May 9, 1934. It was delivered In the German language, and the brethren present requested that It be printed in the Concordia Theological Monthly and sent to all pastors of our Church. For certain reasons it is here given in English. Pastor Rudolph Prange or St. Joseph, Mo., has kindly done it into English at the author’s request.


Foreword: That The Ministry Be Not Blamed., P. E. Kretzmann Jan 1934

Foreword: That The Ministry Be Not Blamed., P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

There are grave dangers confronting the Christian ministry, and specifically the Lutheran ministry, in these trying days. We have every reason to assume that we are living in that period of the world's history of which the Savior stated: "Except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved," Matt. 24, 22. The false Christs and the false teachers of our times are proceeding with ever greater boldness, partly by distorting Scriptures and propagating antichristian teaching, partly by according to the various pagan religions a position of equality with the Christian religion and thus practically denying to Christianity …


Ordination, J. H. Fitz Oct 1932

Ordination, J. H. Fitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

What is ordination? Various answers have been given to this question, as ordination has at different periods and in different church-bodies been made to represent peculiar theories with reference to its character and its effect.